WINSTED >> Superintendent Anthony Serio sent a letter to parents of students at The Gilbert School Tuesday, sharing his frustration regarding the ongoing contractual negotiations with the state Department of Education — an interpretation ...

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Local governments

WINSTED >> The Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing on whether to return 10.6, a previously-removed regulation that used to govern the potential expansion of non-conforming properties in the Highland Lake area, to the zoning regulations Monday evening.

House elections

TORRINGTON >> Residents of the Northwest Corner will have the chance to make their choice in a series of races for seats in the Connecticut House of Representatives this November, as the 62nd through 69th Assembly Districts, as well as the 76th, are up for consideration.

Columns

Driving by the old homestead on Torringford Street near the Winsted line, I often blow the horn. It’s a salute to the old days – everyone has their old days — and I do it out of habit. Usually I’m on some type of mission, but sometimes I’m just cruising. In either case, memories flash. How could they not?

Education

Torrington firefighters visited a group of pre-K students at St. Peter/St. Francis School in Torrington Oct. 14, to teach the students about fire safety. This visit coincided with Fire Prevention Week.

News

LITCHFIELD: Agatha Christie is Missing, A Live Theatrical Performance with Prudence Wright Holmes, will be presented at the Oliver Wolcott Library, South Street, Litchfield, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7-8 p.m. In 1926, famed mystery writer Agatha Christie staged her own disappearance after she learned her husband wanted a divorce. She was missing for 11 days, sparking a nationwide search. Prudence Wright Holmes plays ace detective Miss Clarissa Marbles and leads the audience on a fun-filled...

Business

NEW HAVEN >> In 1916, the year Planned Parenthood was born, birth control was illegal and Margaret Sanger, who opened a clinic in Brooklyn, New York, was arrested and convicted of distributing birth control products.